TEAM NEWS
Burnley will assess the fitness of Lyle Foster, who was forced off during the FA Cup defeat at Tottenham Hotspur due to an ankle injury.
Charlie Taylor sustained a shoulder injury in the same match and is unlikely to feature, although Sander Berge returns from suspension.
Luton Town striker Carlton Morris is available despite being substituted with a calf issue against Bolton.
Issa Kabore is at the Africa Cup of Nations, while Reece Burke remains out.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Burnley are unbeaten in their past seven league games against Luton, winning four and drawing three.
- The Clarets could complete their first league double in this fixture since 1995 in the second tier.
- Luton are undefeated in seven league games at Turf Moor since losing 2-1 in 1995 under David Pleat.
- Burnley are hosting Luton in a top-flight match for the first time since a 1-0 victory in January 1975.
Burnley
- The Clarets have 11 points after 20 matches. The fewest points a team has had at this stage of a Premier League season and avoided relegation is 11 by West Bromwich Albion in 2004-05.
- Burnley are the first team to lose nine of their opening 10 home games of a top-flight campaign. In Football League history, only Newport County have ever lost 10 of their first 11 home matches, doing so in the fourth tier in 1970-71.
- Six of Burnley’s 11 points this season have been earned against their fellow promoted teams: a 2-1 victory at Luton Town and 5-0 home win versus Sheffield United.
- They have lost 10 of the last 11 Premier League games in which they have conceded a goal, except for a 1-1 draw at Brighton in December.
- Their only league win this season in which they failed to keep a clean sheet was the reverse fixture away to Luton in October.
- Their shot conversion rate of 10.1% from inside the penalty area is the lowest in the division.
- Burnley have failed to score in all four Premier League fixtures played on a Friday, including a 3-0 home defeat versus Manchester City in the opening match of this season.
- Lyle Foster has been directly involved in seven goals in 11 Premier League appearances, scoring four and assisting three.
Luton Town
- Luton’s tally of 15 points is the lowest by a Premier League debutant at the halfway stage of the season since Wolves also had 15 points in 2003-04. They finished bottom of the table.
- The Hatters could win back-to-back top-flight away games for the first time since December 1987 under Ray Harford.
- They have conceded 37 Premier League goals this campaign. The Hatters let in 39 goals in 46 league games in last season’s Championship.
- Luton have lost both of their two Friday Premier League fixtures: 3-0 at Chelsea in August and 2-1 at home versus West Ham the following month.
- The Hatters have scored 57% of their Premier League goals after the 75th minute.
- Elijah Adebayo is Luton’s top Premier League goalscorer with five goals, although only one has come away from home – against Nottingham Forest in October.
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